Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

Reading a great book without taking action, turns education into entertainment #NonfictionBooks

28 Oct 2025 · 0 min

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Nick Hutchison argues that reading self-help books like Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People without actually applying them is just entertainment. If you don't implement the habits, you're no different from someone gaming or partying. Reading becomes a vanity metric, not real change.

I love telling people this metaphor because I think it really hammers home. Reading a great book without taking action turns education into entertainment. If you read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, but you fail to use it to improve your life, there's no difference between Nick who just plays video games and parties on the weekend and Nick who reads 7 Habits. They didn't change. The books become a form of entertainment. They are a vanity metric that we get to show friends.

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